Corales Punta Rusia

The breakfast provides a diverse menu served on a beautiful terrace. Rooms offer ample space, comfort, and ocean views. The location is ideal for beach access and nearby attractions. Staff are friendly and attentive.

Great hotel experience for the price. Rene, the owner/host, was very gracious and attentive in ensuring a pleasant and enjoyable stay. The service staff was very accommodating and eager to please. Room was neat and tidy with great ocean view. Breakfast was plenty, superb, and varied - toasted baguette, eggs, imported sliced cheeses and salami, crepes, and fresh fruits, and coffee - enough to start the day and have a light lunch or skip it altogether. The hotel is ideally situated in the middle (4 mins by car or an easy walk) of either Playa La Ensenada or the quaint, small village of Punta Rusia. The locals are very friendly and are aware, and act accordingly, that their livelihood depends on tourism. If you are looking for a safe, quiet, and peaceful place to relax or unwind, or if you love being near the ocean as I do, Punta Rusia is the perfect getaway.

We only stayed for one night as our purpose in Punta Rusia was only to visit Cayo Arena. Corales was the perfect choice for us as Rene, the owner was very accommodating to our schedule. We arrived in the afternoon in time for dinner, had breakfast in the morning, went to Cayo Arena, then went back to the hotel to shower and check-out. Our plans were last minute, we only decided the night before that we were going to make the trip from Santo Domingo. We reached out to our tour guide from Explora Dominicana who recommended Corales and provided us with Rene's WhatsApp. Rene responded right away and was able to reserve two rooms for us. When we arrived at the hotel our rooms were ready for us. The air conditioning worked very well, there was hot water and the bed was comfortable. Dinner was prepared by Rene and was one of the best gourmet meals I've had on the island. In particular the Marlin was remarkable, but there were beef, chicken and vegetarian items serves as well, all were delicious. We stayed on a weeknight and things were quiet at the hotel and on the street by 10pm, perhaps it picks up a bit on the weekend. When I say quiet... I didn't think there was anyplace quiet in the DR, you always here a moto passing by, not here. It was amazing to be right on the ocean with peace and quiet like you would expect on a deserted island. I wish we would have planned on staying longer for this feature alone. Breakfast was filling; pancakes, or maybe they were crepes, not sure. Lunch meats, cheeses, scrambles eggs, toast. Oh yes, and there's plenty of coffee. We left satisfied and weren't hungry on our subsequent trip to Cayo Arena. Everything was tasty. Now here's the best part. For our trip to Cayo Arena Rene arranged everything for us and even paired us up with two other guests making us a party of 5 which saved us money. At 8am It was a short 3 minute drive to the beach where the boat captain was waiting for us. We immediately left for Cayo Arena making a brief stop to swim in the natural pool, a small area of shallow water around 3 feet deep- make sure you stop here, it was my favorite spot to swim. We arrived at Cayo Arena before any other tourists, and let me tell you, make sure you do the same. Within an hour after our arrival there were over 100 people on the tiny sand bar and they came on big tour boats. The hour we had with few people around was one of the most incredible hours of my life, but as it filled up it became less fun. We weren;t rushed by our boat captain, we stayed at least an hour and a half and he still took us for a half hour tour of the mangroves. The price we paid for the rooms and the boat tour was very affordable and well worth the value we received. We will definitely be back.